Kearny's march
the epic creation of the American West 1846-1847
Kearny's march
the epic creation of the American West 1846-1847
Book - 2011
In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California. The nation was hell-bent on expansion: James K. Polk had lately won the presidency by threatening England over the borders in Oregon, while Congress had just voted, in defiance of the Mexican government, to annex Texas. After Mexico declared war on the United States, Kearny's Army of the West was sent out, carrying orders to occupy Mexican territory. When his expedition ended a year later, the country had doubled in size and now stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Kearny's march : |b the epic creation of the American West, 1846-1847 / |c Winston Groom. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., maps, ports. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a What's in a name? -- A people in motion -- Mr. Polk gets his war -- The Pathfinder -- True West -- Kearny's march -- The Santa Fe Trail -- Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you -- "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" -- In old Monterey -- Dancing on air -- Doniphan's Expedition -- The fight of their lives -- The death trap -- The horror -- Political treachery, military insubordination, discovery of Zion, and the salvation of children -- Last roll call : a warm salute. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Kearny's Expedition, 1846. | |
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